Iraq TV: Aid Helicopter Crashes In North

by Wochit
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Iraq TV: Aid Helicopter Crashes In North

by Wochit
0:50 mins

14,200 views

Iraq's military spokesman Lt. Qassim al-Moussawi has told state television that an Iraqi helicopter delivering aid to displaced Yazidis on Sinjar mountain has crashed. Tens of thousands from the minority Yazidi sect have fled their homes after invading militants from the Islamic State group gave them an ultimatum to convert to Islam or be killed. The displaced have been stranded on the Sinjar mountain range near the Syrian border with little food and water.